Fencers to Host Sacred Heart and Drew

Jan 28, 2010

Yale fencers are getting ready to host two
teams, Sacred Heart and Drew, in Payne Whitney Gym’s
7th floor fencing salon this weekend. The two teams have
made the trip to Yale in the past, most recently last year, when
the Bulldogs sent them home defeated. These two opponents will be
Yale’s last team competitions before they head to the first
half of Ivy competition at Cornell on Feb. 21. The meet begins at
1:00 p.m. and will be the Bulldogs’ last home competition of
the season.

“We all got in some great fencing at NYU
and I'm hoping we will incorporate what we learned into this meet.
These two schools do not have the same level of experience as most
of the schools we competed against at NYU, but that offers its own
challenge. We have to keep things simple and remember the
basics.”

Last
year the Bulldogs imposed themselves to
seize non-league wins against these two teams. Yale downed Sacred
Heart by 19-8, an improvement from the year before’s 17-10
decision. Against Drew, a new opponent, the Bulldogs won
22-5.

Even though the Bulldogs are going into this
weekend with confidence, Moss also underlined the importance of
this last meet.

“We need to perform well here
because it’s our last meet before the Ivy
competitions,” she said. “We see Ivies as our most
important tournament of the year. We need this tournament to give
us a boost and also some key competition fencing time.”

The starting line-ups for Saturday’s
competition will be the following:

“The foil squad had a strong showing on
Saturday at NYU. They fought with great spirit and heart, and I'm
proud to be on the team with them. All the fencers have put an
enormous amount of work into improving their competition skills
this season and it shows. I'm looking forward to another powerful
performance this weekend.”

The meet will be the last home event for the
team’s six seniors: Katherine Arden, Andrea Feuer, Jennifer
Ivers, Farrah Kimovec, Kristin Saetveit and Moss.

“I know all the seniors are really
excited, and I'm sure we will have a great crowd to cheer us on as
always,” said Moss.